Test-freeNo early plan

University of California - Davis

CA · Public · West · National university · Top 50 tier · 31,695 undergraduates (large)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate44.3%
Early roundNo early plan 
Regular round†44.3%no early round, so same as overall

† This school has no early round, so the regular rate equals the overall admit rate.

Trends, Fall 2020–Fall 2025

Admission rates

Overall
0%25%50%'20'21'22'23'24'2546.3%41.8%44.3%no datano datano data

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

No early plan (one UC filing period, Oct 1–Nov 30) · School admissions page ↗

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
Test-freeScores not considered in admission (University of California policy)School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Fall 2028
Fall 2028 policy not yet announced.School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026

Superscoring

What this means:

SAT
N/A (test-free; scores not considered)
ACT
N/A (test-free; scores not considered)

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

UC is test-free; scores may only be used for minimum eligibility or course placement.

How to send scores

Test-free: scores not considered

UC is test-free for admission. The UCLA page says self-reported scores may be entered (they are used for other purposes) and official reports are due after an offer of admission.

Source (UC page, via UCLA) ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Scores

Test-free: scores not used. University of California - Davis does not use SAT or ACT scores in admission, so its Common Data Set reports no score ranges.

Trends, Fall 2020–Fall 2025

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'20'21'22'23'24'25100%78.0%22.0%no datano datano datano datano data

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
160014001200'20'21'22'23'24'251160–137013701160no datano datano datano datano data

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
36322824'20'21'22'23'24'2525–313125no datano datano datano datano data

Waitlist admit rate

Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.

  • 2025: 39%
  • 2024: 45%

What is a waitlist? How is it different from a deferral?

Test policy in each Common Data Set

History only. The current policy is under Testing above.

  1. Fall 2027 Test-free2025-26 CDS
  2. Fall 2026 Not reported2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 CDS not available2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2024 CDS not available2022-23 CDS
  5. Fall 2023 CDS not available2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 Test-optional2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 CDS not available2019-20 CDS

Sources